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In particular, it investigates the complex positionality of individual actors during the centennial commemorations of the Gallipoli landings (24 April, 2015) where the Australians and the Turks most notably have employed music to reimagine the past, both nationalities invoking the 'Gallipoli spirit' (tr. 'Çanakkale ruhu') to advance a nationalist agenda and a resurgent militarism through the selective memorialization of an imperial past.  Free Download Clientelistic Warfare: Paramilitaries and The State in Colombia By Francisco Gutiérrez-Sanín 2019 | 484 Pages | ISBN: 1787073653 | PDF | 157 MB Clientelistic Warfare analyzes the relationship between Colombian paramilitaries and the State in the period 1982-2007. Despite the attention that the paramilitaries demand, due to both the magnitude of their crimes and their specifi cities, understanding the nature of this interaction has proven to be complex. 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